Project Gutenberg 2006-10-31 Public domain in the USA. 77 Tacitus, Cornelius 56 117 Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Caius Cornelius Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Le Gendre, Louis 1655 1733 Gendre, Louis Le Germania Moeurs des anciens Germains Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Mireille Harmelin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team of Europe. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Moeurs des anciens Germains" by Cornelius Tacitus is a historical account written during the early Roman Empire period. This book provides insights into the customs, social structures, and ways of life of the Germanic tribes as observed by Tacitus, a Roman historian. The primary focus of the text is to detail the contrasts between the cultures of ancient Germans and the Romans as well as to reflect on the implications of these differences for contemporary society. In this work, Tacitus describes various aspects of Germanic life, including their religious beliefs, warrior culture, family structures, and communal practices. He highlights the simplicity and rusticity of their mores, noting how they often lack the luxuries and complexities found in Roman society. The text discusses the importance of bravery and honor in warfare, the role of women in both domestic and military contexts, and the very egalitarian nature of their communities, which contrasts sharply with Roman hierarchical structures. Tacitus also draws parallels between the customs of the Germans and those of the then-modern Franks and Gauls, elucidating a continuity of cultural traits across time and geographical boundaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Germanic peoples -- Early works to 1800 PA Text Germany Classical Antiquity FR Peuples et Sociétés Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 110508 110273 2024-10-08T14:23:00.186421 2023-09-09T05:15:44.083608 text/html text/html 110501 110266 2024-10-08T14:23:00.481356 2023-09-09T05:15:44.214615 text/html text/html 117053 2024-10-08T14:23:06.111343 application/epub+zip 116883 2024-10-08T14:23:03.573380 application/epub+zip 108601 2024-10-08T14:23:02.350377 application/epub+zip 223205 2024-10-08T14:23:08.031333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215188 2024-10-08T14:23:05.414365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176843 2022-09-09T10:32:56.022798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99558 2024-10-08T14:22:59.936381 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99624 2006-10-31T05:54:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 37664 2006-10-31T05:55:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 97862 2006-10-31T05:53:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 37336 2006-10-31T05:55:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22158 2024-10-08T14:23:08.164334 application/rdf+xml 12864 2024-10-08T14:23:02.936372 image/jpeg 3400 2024-10-08T14:23:02.657365 image/jpeg 116795 2024-10-08T14:23:00.492362 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia